Cover-holder



(No Model.)

M. A. GREEN. COVER HOLDER.

No. 492,329. Patented Feb; 21, 1893.

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UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTHA A. GREEN, OF MONTOLAIR, COLORADO.

COVER-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 492,329, dated February21, 1893.

Application filed April 19, 1892.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTHA A. GREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Montclair, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado,have invented a new and useful Cover-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in cover holders for barrels,kettles, cans, pots, pans, and other receptacles.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cover holder ofsimple and economical construction adapted to be readily adj usted tovarious sized receptacles to hold the covers thereon and enable theircontents to be drained without losing any of the latter, and withoutcausing the operator to come in contact with the liquid drained and beinjured thereby.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective View of a cover holderconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown in operativeposition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the cover holder detached fromthe vessel. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a sectional View.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a cover holdercomposed of similar sliding sections 2 that are constructed of wire andare adapted to be fitted over the cover 3 of a vessel or receptacle 4:to securely clamp the cover in place and prevent the same accidentallyslipping from the vessel or receptacle while the contents of the latterare be ing drained, and to prevent any liability of the operators handscoming in contact with the liquid drained and beinginjured thereby,should the liquid be hot or acidulated or otherwise dangerous. Thesliding sections 2 are constructed of wire or similar material, that issufficiently light and possesses the requisite strength to withstand thestrains incident to its use, and the said wire is bent intermediate ofits ends to form a clampingjaw or portion 5 and the sides 6. Theclamping jaw or p0r- Serial No. 429,818. (No model.)

tion 5 consists of a transverse bar which is approximately straight butwhich may be slightly curved to conform to the sides of a vessel, andthe inclined portions 7 that are arranged at a slight angle to the side6 and enable the clamping jaw to extend around the edge of the cover andengage the side of the vessel and thereby securely retain the cover inplace. The sides 6 converge from the clamping jaw 5 to a point aboutmidway their length, and from that point to their ends 8 are parallel,and are adapted to slide longitudinally within a sleeve 9 that holds thesections together and enables them to be adjusted to fit any sizevessel. The ends 8 of the sides 6 are bent up at right angles andsoldered or otherwise secured together and form handles to facilitatethe adjustment of the sections and to prevent them being entirelyseparated from the sleeve. The sleeve 9 has fiattened sides and roundedends and the parallel portions 10 of the sides 6 are adapted to slideupon each other and fit snugly within the sleeves.

It will readily be seen that the cover holders are simple andinexpensive in construction, adapted to be readily adjusted to differentsize vessels and are capable of securely retaining the covers in place.

What I claim is 1. A cover holder consisting of the similar sectionssliding longitudinally upon each other and provided at their oppositeends with clamping jaws or portions adapted to fit over a cover andengage the sides of the vessel, and the sleeve seen ring the sectionstogether, substantially as described.

2. A cover holder consisting of similar sections each constructed of asingle piece of wire or similar material and provided at their oppositeends with clamping jaws or portions, and the sleeve surrounding thesides of the sections and enabling the latter to be adjustedlongitudinally, substantially as described.

3. A cover holder comprising the two similar sections each constructedof a single piece of wire or similar material and provided at theiropposite ends with clamping jaws or portions and converging from theclamping portions, and provided with parallel portions,

and the sleeve surrounding the parallel poring handles, and the sleevesurrounding the tions, substantially as described. parallel portions andsecuring the sections 4. A cover holder comprising the two simitogether,substantially as described. lar sections, each constructed of a singlepiece In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5 of wire or similarmaterial and provided at myownI have hereto affixed my signature in r 5their opposite ends with clamping jaws comthe presence of two witnesses.

posed of the transverse bars and the inclined MARTHA A. GREEN. portions7, said sections converging from the Witnesses: jaws and provided withparallel portions 10 CHAS. J HOLZWERITT,

I0 and having" their ends bent upward and form- M. P. OOCHRANE.

